Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 16.6, Problem 2TQ
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The following:
1. The requirement of an herbicide resistance gene in an agricultural plant.
2. The problems that arise from the microbial transfer of herbicide resistance genes into plant genomes.
Introduction:
Gene transfer system is a method of transfer of the desired gene into the plants and animals that need to be genetically engineered. This recombinant strain of bacteria consists of a gene that is substituted with genetically identified and modified genes. For example, agrobacterium tumefaciens transfer an herbicide-resistant gene into an agricultural plant with the help of the integration of T-DNA (transferable-deoxyribonucleic acid) into the plant cell without induction of tumor genes.
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